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madisonensis vol xxix hamilton n y october 12 1896 no 2 a few of our last year's subscribers have not ** yet paid up their subscriptions please send us as soon as possible a check large enough to cover your back subscriptions and to pay for this year's neither alumni nor undergraduate can afford to be without the madisonensis more over by subscribing you are helping to maintain the chief medium through which the outside world gains knowledge of the interests educa tional and social centered at colgate there fore both from a selfish and an unselfish point of view your duty is the same subscribe ! the university its material equipment teach * ers and courses of study exist for tbe student they are his instruments in his work of obtaining training and knowledge one of the best parts of the educational plant at colgate is the library of what use is the library to the student in the magazines he may become ac quainted with current literature on questions of present day interest if his time is limited he may at least glance over the contents of the per iodicals and read those which appeal to him by reason of subject or author the chief advan tage however is not here but is in the works of standard authors on all subjects of human inter est they are the best products of human genius and with them the students should become familiar while they are in college for the gen eral student these works are what his laboratory is to the chemist it is a great part of education to know where to get particular information to obtain this knowledge one must be in the company of books handle them study their con tents make the acquaintance of the author and his treatment the student thus becomes a master of books and does not remain their slave he is on his way to an education the atmos phere of a library is a good one for the student it is much more conducive to scholarly work than is that of society-house or dormitory students especially upper class men may make use of the department books on the reference shelves and may profitably spend the greater part of their study hours in this way these are some of the advantages of the library to the stu dent are the students of colgate true to them selves in the use of this great instrume nt provided for their use in getting their education ? if the student leaves college without having made good use of his library opportunities he has missed a great part of that for which he came the editor of the madisonensis would re * quest that hereafter no student enter the competition for a position on the college paper who docs not feel confident that if he succeeds in obtaining a place he will have time to do g madisonen i $ Â» published alternate mondays during the college year at colgate university entered at hamilton n v post office as second class mail matter terms one year in advance 1.50 before january 1 otherwise 1.75 single copies 10 cents single copies may be obtained of the business manager or at j b grant's remittances and business letters should be addressed to the business manager communications should be addressed editors madisonensis board of editors editor-in-chief - - - w b kelsey 97 associate editors e n lyon 97 e s ingraham 97 n l coleman 97 f c hicks 98 c g mabey 98 business manager - - f v emerson 98

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madisonensis vol xxix hamilton n y october 12 1896 no 2 a few of our last year's subscribers have not ** yet paid up their subscriptions please send us as soon as possible a check large enough to cover your back subscriptions and to pay for this year's neither alumni nor undergraduate can afford to be without the madisonensis more over by subscribing you are helping to maintain the chief medium through which the outside world gains knowledge of the interests educa tional and social centered at colgate there fore both from a selfish and an unselfish point of view your duty is the same subscribe ! the university its material equipment teach * ers and courses of study exist for tbe student they are his instruments in his work of obtaining training and knowledge one of the best parts of the educational plant at colgate is the library of what use is the library to the student in the magazines he may become ac quainted with current literature on questions of present day interest if his time is limited he may at least glance over the contents of the per iodicals and read those which appeal to him by reason of subject or author the chief advan tage however is not here but is in the works of standard authors on all subjects of human inter est they are the best products of human genius and with them the students should become familiar while they are in college for the gen eral student these works are what his laboratory is to the chemist it is a great part of education to know where to get particular information to obtain this knowledge one must be in the company of books handle them study their con tents make the acquaintance of the author and his treatment the student thus becomes a master of books and does not remain their slave he is on his way to an education the atmos phere of a library is a good one for the student it is much more conducive to scholarly work than is that of society-house or dormitory students especially upper class men may make use of the department books on the reference shelves and may profitably spend the greater part of their study hours in this way these are some of the advantages of the library to the stu dent are the students of colgate true to them selves in the use of this great instrume nt provided for their use in getting their education ? if the student leaves college without having made good use of his library opportunities he has missed a great part of that for which he came the editor of the madisonensis would re * quest that hereafter no student enter the competition for a position on the college paper who docs not feel confident that if he succeeds in obtaining a place he will have time to do g madisonen i $ Â» published alternate mondays during the college year at colgate university entered at hamilton n v post office as second class mail matter terms one year in advance 1.50 before january 1 otherwise 1.75 single copies 10 cents single copies may be obtained of the business manager or at j b grant's remittances and business letters should be addressed to the business manager communications should be addressed editors madisonensis board of editors editor-in-chief - - - w b kelsey 97 associate editors e n lyon 97 e s ingraham 97 n l coleman 97 f c hicks 98 c g mabey 98 business manager - - f v emerson 98